pryme:


That's too bad, it's sickening.He deserves all he gets and more.
However am just looking at the movie from the technical point of view.
Most war movies are like fairy tales compared to the real situation.

Damfostopper:
why is it that Indian movies Abi Bollywood has much more downloads on f. z. m. o. v. i. e than Hollywood?.....


I feel like downloading and watching Bollywood movie.....

Cc mekaprime..... abeg any suggestions?......


I have seen 3 idiots.... drishyam.....krish..... Anjaana Anjaani......
I really like them


I need something lit featuring priyanka chopra

mekaprime:
Sorry to disappoint you bro, i don't watch Bollywood movies.

KoiceReloaded:


Hate to rain on your parade, but Black Hawk Down is not exactly the gold standard for war films, in fact, it's one of Hollywood well kept secret. Nobody talks about it anymore, knowing what they know now.

The movie producers knowingly and deliberately changed the name of the soldier that was portrayed by Evan McGregor to hide a terrible secret from the unsuspecting public. What's the terrible secret? The original character portrayed by Evan McGregor - the so-called war hero - is currently serving a 30 year prison term for sexual molestation and rape. The rape victim? His six (6) year old daughter.

So, basically, a movie studio and a novelist made a tidy profit, by despicably benefiting from a child rape. Let that sink in for a moment.

armadeo:



Thanks..will wait for it.

pryme:


Butterfly Effect = mind Bleep with flipping time travel

mekaprime:

in a lighter vein, koice, you do remind me of the Sheldon Cooper character of the BBT series.

Darksider131:
Triple threat: 3/10

Triple frontier: 8/10

Damfostopper:
why is it that Indian movies Abi Bollywood has much more downloads on f. z. m. o. v. i. e than Hollywood?.....


I feel like downloading and watching Bollywood movie.....

Cc mekaprime..... abeg any suggestions?......


I have seen 3 idiots.... drishyam.....krish..... Anjaana Anjaani......
I really like them


I need something lit featuring priyanka chopra

mekaprime:


You simply rated it the same way i would. Black hawk down remains my best modern war movie, it presents the gruesome reality of war. It was actually a journalist account of the 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military, aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

Every thing about the movie was top notch. The explosion scenes seemed so real to me that I was literally startled, i remember a scene were an RPG tore a US soldier into 2 & as the lad was fighting for dear life, his teary eyes made me literally feel his transition from shock to pain & finally to the cold hands of death.

And you know, if not for that chopper that came to their rescue that night, many more would have died because they were outflanked & outmaneuvered by heavily-armed Somalian Talibans. Many of the scenes in that movie, made me question myself as to if this was really the almighty US army the western media do portray to us, coz the way these untrained Talibans were matching them firepower for firepower at a ratio of 1-3 kills was shocking & unbelievable, well the western media is to be blame for that.

alexistaiwo:
Who told you that the taliban terrorists are untrained?

Just so you know, you don't have to enlist in conventional military service before you become a war dog.


Most terrorist cells military trainings are even tougher than your conventional training.


You think a warlord will give his RPGs and Aks to an untrained civilian turned terrorist to experiment on?

Forget all the hype.
Elite military trainings are usually most effective in covert operations, in an
all out fire fight like what was witnessed in black hawk down, the side with the home advantage coupled with unlimited supply of reinforcement will always do the most damage.

Why is the northern part of the country still ravaged by terrorism?
Home advantage!

oyaskii:
the one with Ashton kutcher? The movie was so dope..safely locked away in my all time favs folder...sadly critics thought differently

KoiceReloaded:


Yeah, in terms of recreating the harsh realities of war, it's right up there with Full Metal Jacket and Saving Private Ryan.

KoiceReloaded:


You made valid points until the bolded. A competent military force and government would have sent Boko Haram packing ages ago, without much fuss, home advantage or not. After all, It took Iraqi military just a few months to kick ISIS out from their Mosul stronghold. ISIS had "home advantage" and superior vantage points, but were unable to withstand the firepower of US-backed Iraqi military.

Home advantage is only valid when your adversary is considerably weaker.

gustav25:


My name is Khan
Kabil
Gangs of Wasseypur

alexistaiwo:
@bolded
And you think that we are not saying the same thing?

A military unit, sorry, let me break it down, a battalion strength is only as strong as each soldier's commitment to the cause.

You can have all the gadgets in the world, if your soldiers are not committed to the cause, it is all null and void.

I don't want to break national security protocol hence the need to beat around the bush but I think you should be able to get my point.

Besides don't whine me this afternoon, a US-backed Iraqi armed force is more than capable of invading most of the third world countries on planet earth, who is ISIS?

alexistaiwo:
Vietnam war is a prime example of home advantage playing a vital role in keeping a considerably weaker side in the war

Damfostopper:
tanks.... I think I will go with gang of wasseypur..... part 1 and 2

KoiceReloaded:


Hmmm... the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorism organisation since Al Queda? A terrorism sect that controlled most of Syria and Iraq at a certain point in history? A parent terrorism organization to Boko Haram? Don't underestimate them o. If they are to let loose all their fire power in Nigeria, we're done for. Our military are too unsophisticated and incompetent to stop a sophisticated and dedicated force like that.

You quoted me out of context regarding the "US-backed" Iraqi military force. I used backed as in intelligence support, not manpower. The victory is all Iraqi military, really. The US just showed them where to point and shoot, that's all.

alexistaiwo:
The US just showed them where to point and shoot
Information is the one of the most important tool of war.


Intelligence win wars.

KoiceReloaded:


Intelligence doesn't matter when you're outgunned.

alexistaiwo:
Intelligence will prevent you from being outgunned in the first place

KoiceReloaded:


Nah. Not if your adversaries outnumbered you 3-1.

alexistaiwo:
Intelligence will prevent you from being in that situation at all.


Nothing that a little airstrike after enemy combatants are sighted on ISR can't fix

gustav25:

Don't miss my name is khan

KoiceReloaded:
China are considered a world power not because of their technology but because of the sheer number of their military.

Slowmojay:
I don't think the reason the Vietnam war was drawn out as long as it was due to "home advantage". What made the Vietcong IMO was the fact that the U.S were forced to engage in guerilla warfare. Not knowing for sure who to point and shoot at or who could point and shoot at you must be a whole different ballgame.

alexistaiwo:
Hold up

Are you talking about China that is notorious in the military circle for cloning any military hardware clonable?


China has got mad military gadgets.
Check it up online.